Herb

Yue shui (menstrual blood)

妇人月水fu-ren-yue-shui
1 sourceSafety notes recorded

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for poisoned-arrow wounds and sexual-taxation relapse. Historical, human-derived record only.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十二·人部·妇人月水·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & zoological facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十二·人部·妇人月水·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十二·人部·妇人月水·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十二·人部·妇人月水·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.